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棣

dì

Character

What 棣 means

1. Kerria japonica

Words containing 棣

• 朱棣Zhū DìZhu Di, personal name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永乐
• 唐棣táng dìshadbush or shadberry (genus Amelanchier); painter and poet of the Yuan Dynasty…
• 柯棣华Kē dì huáDwarkanath Kotnis (1910-1942), one of five Indian doctors sent to China to provide…
• 无棣县Wú dì XiànWudi, a county in Binzhou City 滨州市
• 无棣Wú dìsee 无棣县

Characters that look like 棣

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 绿lǜgreen; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子
• 棋qíchess; chess-like game; a game of chess
• 楷jiēChinese pistachio tree (Pistacia chinensis)
• 裱biǎoto hang (paper); to mount (painting)
• 楝liànMelia japonica
• 楂cháfell trees; raft; to hew

Sounds the same

Read dì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 地earth; ground; field
• 第(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六…
• 弟younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter)
• 递to hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order
• 缔(archaic) to bind up inextricably; (bound form) to form an enduring union…
• 帝(bound form) emperor; sovereign; supreme deity
• 蒂stem (of fruit)
• 谛to examine; truth (Buddhism)
• 娣wife of a younger brother
• 睇(literary) to cast a sidelong glance; (dialect) to see; to look at
• 的(bound form) bull's-eye; target
• 哋(Cant.) plural for pronouns